page_title: Public Transport Security Command
section_title: Manpower and equipment
hierarchical_section_title: Public Transport Security Command / Manpower and equipment
caption_attribution_description: English: Singapore Police Force officers from the Public Transport Security Command surveys and assists the public during high traffic volume in the immediate hours after the 2010 new year celebrations at City Hall MRT Station. Officers don their new beret which was introduced on 30 December 2009.
context_page_description: The Public Transport Security Command is a specialised transit police unit of the Singapore Police Force. It was first established as the Police MRT Unit in 2005 as a component unit of the Special Operations Command in response to the need for greater security in public transport operations in Singapore influenced by security concerns at the time. On 15 August 2009, the unit was upgraded into a separate specialist division and took its present name.
context_section_description: TransCom draws its manpower from the regular as well as the conscript full-time national servicemen (NSF) resources, with the build of officers amongst the selection criteria. Taller and well-built officers are chosen to project a tougher presence. Officers are trained to conduct policing work in confined and crowded spaces, and are familiarised with the MRT system's operations. In 2007, the unit began to include Volunteer Special Constabulary officers in its ranks.
  Each TransCom officer is armed with a revolver, T-baton, set of handcuffs and portable radio. Regulars, as well as selected NSFs, are trained in the use of the Taser, as a less-than-lethal option to diffuse situations where lethal force would not be deemed necessary. Officers are dressed in dark blue tactical uniforms similar to those worn by Police Tactical Unit officers. Officers initially wore blue-coloured berets, but were given light grey-coloured berets on 30 December 2009, with the dual purpose of signifying their distinction as an independent department and increasing visibility during operations.
caption: TransCom officers surveying and directing the public on New Year's Day in 2010 at City Hall MRT Station. Note the grey beret that was just introduced two days before on 30 December 2009.
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